133 Don’t miss the soldiers of Cania
Borders between countries are sometimes divided by walls, but it is also common that they are simply separated by a stick in a field or naturally divided by terrain such as rivers and mountains.
The border of Dicoquaria, which borders the Putegrin Empire’s vassals, is made up of mountains, low wooden walls, and flimsy gateways.
There was a shabby building next to the gateway, but no one was there when the imperial army passed by. The gate was locked, but it opened easily after a few shocks.
Soldiers are nowhere to be seen even in the place where corpses are lined up after passing through the gate, and even on the road that continues.
“Where have all the soldiers guarding the border gone?”
At Rudy’s words, the aide opened his mouth.
“They’re probably plundering the villages around here. This country isn’t being governed properly. They’re soldiers who are more blinded by their own interests, but if there’s an invasion from another country, it’s obvious what they’ll do.”
The aide looked at the corpses lined up on the floor and continued.
“I think the refugees, whoever had something to bribe, crossed the border safely. Those who died here must have had nothing to give.”
“…”
Was it really only one body?
Rudy moved his horse to the front and put people’s corpses in the snow one by one. If he had come a little earlier, would that child, that woman, and that old man not have died? A corner of my heart has been tingling.
After an hour or so of progress, smoke could be seen rising in the distance.
Rudy’s face darkened. If smoke rises in such a remote place, nothing will change.
Just in time, the advance team that had been in progress had returned.
“The nearby village is being plundered by soldiers. Cania soldiers.”
According to the report, it seems that the border guards are completely transformed into bandits.
Several aides and captains waited for orders, watching Rudy’s heart.
Rudy said with a calm face.
“In a little while, the sun will set. We’ve been moving without resting so far, so it might be a good idea to rest a little earlier. Set up a camp near that village and see if it’s okay.”
“All right.”
Rudy lightly pledged to the captain who turned to carry out the order.
“It’s a problem when bugs buzz at night. Clean it up.”
“Of course, Your Majesty.”
Immediately, a unit consisting of about 50 people escaped from the main unit and headed for the village where the smoke was rising.
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The history of an empire is the history of war. In any era, the empire has intervened in wars big and small to the extent that it can’t be talked about except for war.
Maybe that’s why. When they entered the battlefield, both soldiers and commanders were filled with blood. Even a young soldier with round eyes like a gentle sheep in front of the emperor becomes a beast with his weak reason under his feet.
The captain of the fiftieth checked the location of his subordinates while suppressing his excitement.
Newcomers unfamiliar with the battlefield sometimes jump out too much, unaware they are in danger. The commander has to control it well and lead the battle.
Most of the newcomers were already attached to experienced soldiers. A mistake on the battlefield is directly related to life. The seniors are well aware of this, so they will take good care of the new recruits.
After confirming with his own eyes that there were no subordinates who had fallen behind or were too advanced, the captain of the fiftieth wielded a spear.
My heart pounded and the sound resonated throughout my body. I don’t know if it’s fear or excitement. But it was at this moment that I felt the most alive.
“Yaaa-!”
Fifty seals and their men entered the village with loud shouts.
The village was almost completely looted and women were being hunted and murdered. Bodies were lying all over the floor. The smoke is because someone set the house on fire. Houses were burning here and there.
Usually, there is no law that the ruling side kills and burns people so randomly.
As news of the invasion of Crete circulated, the Canian soldiers probably gave up their role as a governing state.
‘Are you planning on running away after taking a bite?’
Either way, the future of Cania’s soldiers will be the same.
The Kania soldiers who discovered the imperial army had a confused look on their faces. As the Imperial Army, supposedly their allies, attacked them, several Kania soldiers who thought they were mistaken shouted out loud.
“Wait! We are from the Kingdom of Chania.”
“We are on the same side, on the same side! I am a Canian soldier!”
The fifty seal’s lips rose, revealing his teeth.
“I know! Those who usurped His Majesty’s country!”
At the same time as he said that, the spear was pierced deep into the body of the Kania soldier in front of the Fifty Seals. When I twisted my wrist and pushed the spear in, blood poured out. The Kania soldier looked at him in disbelief.
The nearby Cania soldiers realized that the Empire had turned into enemies and turned around and started to run away.
Imperial soldiers chased after them with loud shouts. The fox that ate the rabbit is now the wolf’s food.
The Fifty Seal is a veteran who has fought several wars under the previous emperor.
The previous emperor was an ideal monarch. On the battlefield, he was like a bloodthirsty beast, but in normal times he looked into the eyes of his soldiers and laughed with them.
The current young emperor is similar. It was as if God created a man who took out only the good qualities of the former emperor for the empire.
On top of that, he had stronger magical power than anyone else, and even brought the blood of the Corea dynasty to the empire.
Everyone was crazy about such a young emperor. Soldiers and citizens alike.
If it was just that, he would have ended up as just a good monarch. It must have felt like a god floating in the distant sky. It must have been the same as in the old days when the former emperor could only be seen as a monarch no matter how much he was in the same position as the soldiers.
However, there was a certain danger to the current emperor.
Everyone gets used to reality. As miserable as it is miserable, it is human beings who see it many times and it becomes just an ordinary thing.
However, the young emperor suffered the same pain no matter how many times he went through similar battlefields. He tried to hide it, but the soldiers could see it.
Young or old, a monarch is a monarch. reign over the people and soldiers.
However, there were times when the young emperor felt strangely, although very rarely, that he was standing on the same line as ordinary soldiers and people.
It felt like seeing the aristocrats with the same gaze and seeing the same reality as them from the same position.
How can I express the strangeness of that time? The strangeness that the emperor, a being above the clouds, might be seeing the world through their own eyes.
If the emperor had been an ordinary human being, he might have felt contempt for him because he was considered weak.
However, the current young emperor is a stronger monarch than anyone in history. It was far from weak. The conflicting appearance of such an emperor struck hard at the hearts of the soldiers.
However, the young emperor, who was farther away than anyone else, was crying. Seeing the gruesome corpse, she hides her tears and cries. The naked people of this land made the emperor sad. The bad guys from Kania hurt our Emperor’s heart.
“How dare you forgive something like that!”
Fifty seals shouted loudly and pulled out the spear from the body of the enemy.
I don’t care what happens to the people of Dicoquaria. But if the emperor wants it, let’s rescue it. People of Dicoquaria, you too would do well to prostrate yourself under the light of our Emperor.
Fifty seal spears pierced the body of the enemy one after another, and a loud scream was heard nearby.
“bout!”
The subordinate was shouting loudly and stabbing the enemy.
joy! Fifty seals were not to be outdone, so he chased the enemy and stuck a spear into his back. He’s old, but he’s still active. He wasn’t old enough to lose the ball to a guy who was only 20 years old.
“Hurry up, slugs! His Majesty’s main force is arriving soon. Don’t show your Majesty the dirty butts of the Kania bastards!”
When the fifty seals shouted, the subordinates responded vigorously here and there and rushed toward the enemy.
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Acrid smoke seeped into my nostrils as the village got closer. It is mixed with the fishy smell of blood.
Rudy’s gaze lingered on the village entrance for a moment.
While the Empire was dealing with the Canian soldiers, people who tried to escape were blocked by a large army and gathered in places. Most of them were lying on their stomachs with their heads flat on the floor or with their bodies rounded.
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Did they think that Kania and the Empire were the same guy, the same plunderer anyway?
The eyes of the people of Dicoquaria who saw Rudy and the Imperial soldiers were filled with fear and hatred.
A father hiding a still young girl behind his back, a mother trembling with a blue face while holding a child in her arms, a boy secretly glaring at the soldier with eyes full of hatred…
The skinny people looked like ghosts who died holding grudges.
Rudy sighed inwardly and turned his head.
Now, it seems that the situation is coming to an end. The screams that had been heard from a few places before had subsided.
Instead, this time I heard a baby cry somewhere. write evil and cry In the middle of winter, if a newborn baby is alone, it will freeze to death.
Rudy beckoned to a nearby soldier.
“If the mother is with you, the sound will move, but it continues to be heard in one place. Check it out.”
“Old, Your Majesty!”
One of the soldiers quickly broke away from the unit and ran into the village.
In the meantime, the soldiers went around the village house by house to make sure that no enemy soldiers were hiding.
In the meantime, it seems that he found a Kania soldier hiding in a barn. A single scream was heard. I heard the soldiers say that there was a bug hiding there and they trampled it to death.
After a while, the soldier who ran after hearing Rudi’s order returned. In her arms was a baby wrapped in blood-soaked clothes.
“The child’s mother was dead.”
It looked like it was over a year old.
The practice of mummifying babies is common in most countries, such as the Empire and Dicoquaria, but not everyone does it. Among the commoners, there were cases in which only one loose garment was covered and then grown.
Even though it was midwinter, the baby carried by the soldier was wearing only one coat long enough to cover his feet, without pants or underwear.
“Give it to me. A child is not meant to be held like that.”
When Rudy held out his hand, the soldier made a strange expression. Rudy didn’t care, took the baby, propped up on his hip with one arm, and slapped him on the back with the other. The voice of the child who had been screaming and crying gradually became smaller.
The eyes of the soldiers around them widened.
“Wow, he cried harder because I held him.”
“Your Majesty, you’re doing very well. In an instant, the child calmed down.”
“Because I’m used to taking care of babies.”
At Rudy’s words, the aide grinned.
“Come to think of it, I heard that the person who raised the empress was Your Majesty.”
“Eek! Really?”
“Wow, Empress Mama.”
The soldiers are startled.
Rudy smiled bitterly. The baby took the hem of the cloak that was hanging from Rudy’s shoulder and started sucking it. Seeing that figure reminded me of Ririsha’s childhood.
‘Is Rilisha doing well?’
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During the march, she was barely seen.
Currently, there is no threat to her life. Rudy didn’t have a concubine, and there was no danger of being poisoned by Empress Tae.
Even if there was a possibility, an antidote spell was engraved on Lilitha. The Chief Chamberlain is also being watched especially carefully, and above all, there are plenty of demonic creatures around her.
If there is anyone who is at risk, the life of the enemy who threatens Lilitha will be the most dangerous.
There was no compelling reason to look around her.
As a result, I felt sorry for the soldiers who silently walked in the snow in the cold winter, so I became reluctant to pay attention to personal matters. I just wanted to see her bright smile.
Rudy said to the aide, pulling a piece of cloak out of the baby’s mouth.
“The child must be hungry. I saw a woman with a child at the entrance of the village earlier. Bring her here. I need to ask for some milk.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
After a while, the woman who was brought to the aide continued to shake her head while shedding tears. not saying anything He just shakes his head while biting his lip. He was holding the baby in his arms so tightly that it left marks on his skin.
The aide seemed to be procrastinating, so he smiled bitterly after bringing the woman.
“I just said that there is a child I want to breastfeed, but it’s like this. I think I misunderstood something.”
Even the woman, who seemed oblivious to her surroundings at first, widened her eyes slightly when she saw Rudy holding her baby. Her tear-stained eyes blinked and she looked back and forth between Rudy and the baby.
“I found this baby, but he seems hungry. Will you babysit him?”
The woman swallowed her cry and opened her mouth.
“That, that child, is the child of the person who lived next door to me. We sometimes leave the child with each other, so we can take care of it.”
The woman glanced around and looked at Rudy again. Seeing that no one was doing anything else for him, he seemed to finally realize that he had really brought this child in to take care of him.
“Okay, then, please. It’s hard to hold the two of you alone, so I’ll take the child to your house.”
The woman’s face blurred again. The woman guided Rudy to her house with a face as if she was about to cry.
The aide once asked if he would hold the baby himself, but Rudy shook his head. I wondered what if the baby who had barely stopped crying would cry again. He is a child who has not eaten. Crying will be such a burden to the child.
As she walked through the village, a man who seemed to be her husband was watching from afar, restlessly.
“Is this your husband?”
“Yes, yes.”
The woman sniffed and answered.
“Then call me over here and let me hold the child. It seems to you that it is beyond your power.”
“Uh, are you really?”
The woman raised her head and looked at Rudy with a puzzled face.
I think I know what the woman and her husband were thinking. Rudy said with a wry smile.
“Yeah, it’s fine.”
When the woman beckoned, the man hurriedly ran. A man takes a baby from a woman’s hands. The woman cautiously asked Rudy.
“Me, he, lungs, majesty? If you don’t mind, can I hold the baby?”
“Will I cry?”
“Yes, I am like a second mother to him.”
The baby who fell from Rudy’s arms whined for a moment, but then became quiet.
“In a little while the stew and some food will be ready. Come get it. It’s babysitting.”
As Rudy said, both the woman’s and the man’s eyes widened to the size of their plates. Leaving behind the couple who bowed their heads and thanked them, Rudy returned to the aide and soldiers who were watching from a distance.
That evening, a small amount of hard-boiled beef jerky stew was distributed to the villagers. There will always be a little bit left over anyway. I didn’t even think of being particularly warm, but the imperial army constantly heard words of gratitude from the villagers.
After giving some flour and beef jerky to the couple who were supposed to look after the baby, they left the village the next day.
Even after that, Rudy and the Imperial Army met several small villages. In every village, the situation was similar. It’s so poor that it’s disgusting. But even such villages were subject to plunder.
Rudy’s heart grew colder and colder. Guys aren’t human. It’s like a demon that sucks human blood.
“The thieves do not plow the fields. If they miss even one of them, they will go elsewhere and kill and loot the same. Don’t miss the soldiers of Cania.”
Rudy’s order was given to the entire army, and the corpses of Kania soldiers were scattered everywhere the empire passed.
